Security Bulletin
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities in RedHat UBI affect IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak. RedHat UBI is used as base imaged for IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak images. This bulletin identifies the fixes required to address the vulnerabilites.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2025-6020
DESCRIPTION: A flaw was found in linux-pam. The module pam_namespace may use access user-controlled paths without proper protection, allowing local users to elevate their privileges to root via multiple symlink attacks and race conditions.
CWE: CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVSS Source: secalert@redhat.com
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2025-32414
DESCRIPTION: In libxml2 before 2.13.8 and 2.14.x before 2.14.2, out-of-bounds memory access can occur in the Python API (Python bindings) because of an incorrect return value. This occurs in xmlPythonFileRead and xmlPythonFileReadRaw because of a difference between bytes and characters.
CWE: CWE-393: Return of Wrong Status Code
CVSS Source: NVD
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2025-49794
DESCRIPTION: A use-after-free vulnerability was found in libxml2. This issue occurs when parsing XPath elements under certain circumstances when the XML schematron has the schema elements. This flaw allows a malicious actor to craft a malicious XML document used as input for libxml, resulting in the program's crash using libxml or other possible undefined behaviors.
CWE: CWE-825: Expired Pointer Dereference
CVSS Source: secalert@redhat.com
CVSS Base score: 9.1
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2025-49796
DESCRIPTION: A vulnerability was found in libxml2. Processing certain sch:name elements from the input XML file can trigger a memory corruption issue. This flaw allows an attacker to craft a malicious XML input file that can lead libxml to crash, resulting in a denial of service or other possible undefined behavior due to sensitive data being corrupted in memory.
CWE: CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read
CVSS Source: secalert@redhat.com
CVSS Base score: 9.1
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak | 23.0.0 - 23.0.20.3, 30.0.0 |
Remediation/Fixes
| Product(s) | Version(s) number and/or range | Remediation/Fix/Instructions |
| IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak | 23.0.0 - 23.0.20.3 | Update to 23.0.20.4 or higher using the following instructions. |
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IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak | 30.0.0 | Update to 30.0.0.1 or higher using the following instructions. |
These vulnerabilities affect the IBM Robotic Process Automation server.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
20 Oct 2025: Initial Publication
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Document Information
Modified date:
20 October 2025
Initial Publish date:
20 October 2025
UID
ibm17248570